#9BBBEC#9BBBEC

#9BBBEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.078 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBBEC
RGB	rgb(155, 187, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, 0.75, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 27.87, 271.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0153 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.078 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4236, 48.5633, 86.2682)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBBEC #ECCC9B

analogous

#9BE4EC #9BBBEC #A49BEC

triadic

#9BBBEC #EC9BBB #BBEC9B

tetradic

#9BBBEC #EC9BE4 #ECCC9B #9BECA4

square

#9BBBEC #EC9BE4 #ECCC9B #9BECA4

split-complementary

#9BBBEC #ECA49B #E4EC9B

monochromatic

#3475D8 #6898E2 #9BBBEC #CEDEF6 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9BBBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#9BBBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBBEC

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBBEC	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82C5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 187, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.078 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacff2',
    500: '#9bbbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbbec;
$custom-light: #bacff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.296,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78601,
    "c": 0.07848,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBBEC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8616D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBBEC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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